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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Amazon projects undercut Brazil's new green path

Perhaps the biggest worry for environmentalists is the planned pavement of the BR 319 motorway between Porto Velho and Manaus, which leads through one of the most pristine areas of the Amazon with a high biodiversity and many endemic species.[Photograph by:Iberê Thenório/Globo Amazônia]